Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
कूपे तर्प्पणकं श्राद्धं शंसंति पितरो दिवि । संतुष्टा पिंडदानेन गयायां पितरो यथा
kūpe tarppaṇakaṃ śrāddhaṃ śaṃsaṃti pitaro divi | saṃtuṣṭā piṃḍadānena gayāyāṃ pitaro yathā
آسمان میں پِتر (اجداد) اس مقدس کنویں پر ترپن کے ساتھ کیے گئے شرادھ کی ستائش کرتے ہیں؛ جیسے گیا میں پِنڈ دان سے پِتر راضی ہوتے ہیں۔
Brahmā (continuing from prior verse)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya Kūpa (sacred well)
Type: kund
Scene: Pilgrims gather at a stone-lined sacred well; one performs tarpaṇa with cupped hands, another offers piṇḍas on darbha; above, Pitṛs in a subtle celestial register appear satisfied and blessing.
FAQs
Properly performed ancestral rites at an empowered tīrtha bring genuine benefit to the Pitṛs and are celebrated in the divine realm.
A sacred kūpa (well) in Dharmāraṇya is praised, with Gayā cited as the archetypal pitṛ-tīrtha for comparison.
Śrāddha with tarpaṇa at the kūpa, and piṇḍadāna (piṇḍa offerings) as the key act that satisfies the Pitṛs.